Would you like Prayer to be a greater power in your life?

Hi Zandi! As Deepak pointed out I too feel that the saying 'more things are wrought in this world by prayers than anything else'. Moreover it gives the individual peace thta God would always be with us in times of fear and need and would be our eternal guiding force. Sincerity of course has to spring from the heart.A person can recite pages and pages of prayer --in fact a film depicted a scene like this long back-- there is an ardent devotee of the Lord/lady[it is a Hindu Goddess] who looks up to some great pundit who indulges in elaborate prayers and offerings and approaches him to teach him a few prayers.The great man despisees him and shoes him away with telling him thtat he can keep repeating the name of the Goddess without breathing.The naive devotee believes him verbatim and he keeps chanting the name with sincerity and devotion.Just the two words that make Her name.Now what happens?--the Goddess appears before before him and asks him for some food.he offeres his humble food with so much of love.On the other hand the preacher/priest has elaborate prayers and offerings that are not said with devotion.Then in true cinematic fashion the pompous man is taught that his prayers are totally empty and shallow. So much for sharing--so thta is an example.Sincerity is what is called for.

That was a great response Deepak-- prayer gives inner strength to fight their apprehensions- very well written

Kala! What a great friend you are! I just finished the process of submitting my response and here comes your 'positive' comments about my response. Many thanks for the same.

Just spend more time listening to what God wants of you. God does speak to us. We need to learn to listen. It happened to me so many times, when I least expect it, the answer is right in front of me. There are so many ways that God show us the way.

All religions of the world believe in one God. It is only different ways of invoking the power of the Divine inspires us to identify with our Creator. I read that the ancient Hindu scripture Vijnanabhairava describes 112 different methods to calm the mind.

Hello my friend zandi458 Ji, I wish to bring out following extract from my hubby's discussions earlier about 'Praying' [b]"Why do we have a prayer room ? Most Indian homes have a prayer room or alter. A lamp is lit and Lord is worshipped each day. Other spiritual practices like Japa – repition of the Lord’s name, medication, paaraayana – reading of the scriptures, prayers, and devotional singing etc. are also done here. Special worship is done on auspicious occasions like birthdays anniversaries , festivals and the like. Each member of the family – young or old – commutes with and worships the Divine here. The Lord is the entire creation. He is therefore the true owner of the house we live in too. The prayer room is the Master room of the house.We are earthly occupant of his property. The notion rids us of false pride and possessiveness. The ideal attitude to take is to regard the Lord as true owner of our homes and us as caretakers of His home. But if that is rather difficult, we could at least think of Him as a very welcome guest. Just as we could house very important guest in the best comforts, so too we felicitate the Lord’s presence in our homes by having a prayer room or alter, which is, at all times, kept clean and well decorated.. Also the Lord is pervading. To remind us that He resides in our homes with us, we have prayer rooms. Without the grace of the Lord, no task can be successfully or easily accomplished. We invoke His grace by communing with Him in the prayer room each day and on special occasions. Each room in a house is dedicated to specific function like the bed room for resting, the drawing room to receive guests., the kitchen for cooking etc. The furniture, the décor and the atmosphere of each room are made conductive to the purpose it serves. So too for the purpose of meditation, worship and prayer, we should have a conductive atmosphere – hence the need for a prayer room. Sacred thoughts and sound vibrations pervade the place and influence the minds of those who spend time there. Spiritual thoughts and vibrations accumulated through regular meditation, worship and chanting done there pervade the prayer room. Even whenwe are tired or agitated, by just sitting in the prayer room for a while, we feel calm, rejuvenated and spiritually uplifted."[/b] http://www.shivashakti.com/vijnan.htm This very brief tantra, ascribed like many another to the Rudrayamala, is a practical work of yoga full of different methods of realising oneness with Shiva/Shakti. It exists, with Sanskrit text and an English translation, by Jaideva Singh, and is published by Motilal Banarsidas. It prescribes over 100 dharanas, or things to meditate on, which can bring a person to realise that she or he is one with Shiva and Shakti. Referring to the Shiva Sutras, on this site, will help in an understanding of this material. For "vijnanabhairva", I would suggest to visit following Lnk to know more about 'Shiva & Shakti' as below :- http://www.shivashakti.com/vijnan.htm This very brief tantra, ascribed like many another to the Rudrayamala, is a practical work of yoga full of different methods of realising oneness with Shiva/Shakti. It exists, with Sanskrit text and an English translation, by Jaideva Singh, and is published by Motilal Banarsidas. It prescribes over 100 dharanas, or things to meditate on, which can bring a person to realise that she or he is one with Shiva and Shakti. Referring to the Shiva Sutras, on this site, will help in an understanding of this material. May God bless You and have a great time.

Have strong faith in our Lord and you will never again feel the emptiness.

Sorry, I misspelled a word in my prayer..lol...I meant to say "Concern" not convern...ooopppss...sorry :(

Thank you for this beautiful prayer Princess. I really appreciate your thought of sharing with me and all who believes that prayers when said with faith will never fail us. You, too, will find that with faith in God, good fortune can come to you "in ways you know not."

So true Zandi...thank you so much! :)

God resides within the human heart. Calming the mind allows us to behold the power within mostly through meditation. And I meditate too.

Prayer is a form of communicating with God.

Absolutely. Have faith in God. If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

People have countless different reasons to pray and use a wide variety of methods. Everyone has their own ways of communicating with God regardless of their faith.

If you only have faith in God, your life will be filled with great blessing from Him.

Prayer is work, hard work. God has a more difficult time finding people for prayer than he does for any other assignment.

Sometimes we do reach the conclusion that it is too painful to live life with all the problems that we faced daily. We need higher power to help see us through. Prayers is the only consolation that we can lean on in times of desperation.

Right, we should understand that God operates with a different timetable. We need to trust God enough to understand that his timing is better than ours, that He knows what we need better than we do, and he knows when to give it to us.

We should ask God for deeper love and the more you learn of God's ways, the deeper will be your faith and your understanding of His answers.

I agree with you that prayer is peace. Prayer is the language of God, the language of communion with Him. It is mingling our little life with God's great life. We are listening to Him.

Yes, I agree that prayers give us strength.

We should never cease praying. It is our only way of communicating with our creator, our heavenly father.

Prayer is exhaling the spirit of man and inhaling the spirit of God.

Right, prayers are talking to God. God speaks to us in the silence of our hearts.